Thread: The best ups ever you owned.

Originally Posted by newprouser

Yes I do.. I couldn't find any related info on this..

Nothing about polarities ?

Then i dont really know

i have been using APC ups for 3yrs now ... no problems yet ... i have another pc using lunia ups ... it is having problems ... the battery doesnt get charged at all ... it just works like a spikebuster now

i use sine wave 800VA inverter with heavy duty exide 150AH battery gives 5 hr backup in event of power failure,because i don't want my downloads to get interrupted.

I am using a V-Guard UPS which i had bought back in 2002. Had to change the battery 2 years ago. Still gives me 15~17 min backup in the event of a power failure..

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

I am using a V-Guard UPS which i had bought back in 2002. Had to change the battery 2 years ago. Still gives me 15~17 min backup in the event of a power failure..

V-Guard is one of the best. But I think(even now) they are popular only in South India.

Originally Posted by jatinder911

i use sine wave 800VA inverter with heavy duty exide 150AH battery gives 5 hr backup in event of power failure,because i don't want my downloads to get interrupted.

WOW just gr88!!

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

I am using a V-Guard UPS which i had bought back in 2002. Had to change the battery 2 years ago. Still gives me 15~17 min backup in the event of a power failure..

V guard eh?? i havent heard abt that i own APC BackUPS-500 i am satisfied with it

hi
i too had the same problem of getting corrupted after some time so from that time i am using my own UPS

i made it using a CAR battery and made it, its working very fine now. once in a while when it gets totally drained i have to keep the pc off & charge it for over night rest of the time it works great.

if want to know using what i made it let me know ill post the details

Originally Posted by kirankumargb

hi
i too had the same problem of getting corrupted after some time so from that time i am using my own UPS

i made it using a CAR battery and made it, its working very fine now. once in a while when it gets totally drained i have to keep the pc off & charge it for over night rest of the time it works great.

if want to know using what i made it let me know ill post the details

please tell us the details on how u made ups from a car battery.. please tell us step by step procedure so that we can do it too.. awaiting your post.

If have no experience with such devices or dont know anyone who can help you in person .... dont go for it....

well ok .... go for it but atleast dont connect it with your computer for starters ......

hemantaims doubt has been cleared in PM

Originally Posted by kirankumargb

hi
i too had the same problem of getting corrupted after some time so from that time i am using my own UPS

i made it using a CAR battery and made it, its working very fine now. once in a while when it gets totally drained i have to keep the pc off & charge it for over night rest of the time it works great.

if want to know using what i made it let me know ill post the details

Interesting!!!

Thanks

I have had 2 APC UPS's. The first one had a problem. The battery for some reason had bulged. It was a few months old then. They said that the battery was not under warrenty and that i need to buy a new battery.
Then we could not remove the battery frm the UPS. Had to buy another one then. I was not very happy with that, but the new one is fine till now....

Originally Posted by rajan1311

Then we could not remove the battery frm the UPS.

I didnt understand this part, please explain

I have Umax

hope you guys have heard of it :tt2:

May be because of bulging, it got stuck.

Originally Posted by meetdilip

May be because of bulging, it got stuck.

yep

I have a sine wave inverter ups with a tata flat bed six cell battery and also a small ups before my computer.

Is there a way to not use the small ups and if using the inverter have it setup so there is no shut down of the computer?

I get conflicting information and the advice is not clear. The way I am told is that if I don't have the small ups, then when the inverter switches on to ups, that short lag time is enough so that the computer will shut off.

Thanks

APC BackUPS 500VA gives me a back up of ~20-25 minutes without monitor.

thing is my pc, 5.1 speaker system , modem and external hard disk are all hooked up to it, without all these paraphernalia i may get better backup.

Last post requested help.

What's the best way to setup a desktop computer if you have a sine wav inverter? Mine is 600V, gives about 2 hours total backup, maybe more. I also have a regular small ups.

Hoping someone with practical experience and techinical understanding can steer me right.

Originally Posted by spindoc

APC BackUPS 500VA gives me a back up of ~20-25 minutes without monitor.

thing is my pc, 5.1 speaker system , modem and external hard disk are all hooked up to it, without all these paraphernalia i may get better backup.

Please post the results with the monitor plugged in...